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From: "EA Banks"
> Subject: Tab for Mote
> To: michael@magick.net
> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 12:02:14 +0000 (GMT)
> MOTE
>
> TUNING - G-G-D-D-F-F
>
> GUITAR 1 INTRO : Cross strings at 11th fret and strum furiously.
>
> GUITAR 2 INTRO : Hammer the high notes on the 11th fret.
>
> GUITAR 1 VERSE
>
> F -------------------------------------------|
> F -------------------------------------------|
> D -4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-12-9-12-9-|
> D -4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-12-9-12-9-|
> G -4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-12-9-12-9-|
> G -4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-12-9-12-9-|
>
> GUITAR 2 VERSEY SOLO BIT
>
> F -16-15-13-11-13-11-10-11-10-8-|
> F -16-15-13-11-13-11-10-11-10-8-|
> D ------------------------------| Rest of verse guitar is totally random
> D ------------------------------| as far as I can tell.
> G ------------------------------|
> G ------------------------------|
>
> GUITAR 1 CHORUS
>
> F -----------------------------------------------------|
> F -----------------------------------------------------|
> D -7-(14 TIMES)----------------------------------------|
> D -7-(14 TIMES)----------------------------------------|
> G -7-(14 TIMES)--------------------------7-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
> G -7-(14 TIMES)--------------------------7-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
>
> GUITAR 2 CHORUS
>
> F -----------------------------------------------------|
> F -----------------------------------------------------|
> D -10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-5-(10 TIMES)---------------|
> D -10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-5-("" """"")---------------|
> G ---------------------------------------7-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
> G ---------------------------------------7-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
>
> GUITAR 1
>
> F -------------------------|
> F -------------------------|
> D ----------------------12-| Bend the final 2 12ths.
> D ----------------------12-|
> G -12-12-10-12-10-12-10----|
> G -12-12-10-12-10-12-10----|
>
> GUITAR 2
>
> F ------------------------------------------|
> F ------------------------------------------|
> D -10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-5-7-5-7-5-2-|
> D -10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-5-7-5-7-5-2-|
> G ------------------------------------------|
> G ------------------------------------------|
>
> The quiet bit is bizarre and I can't work it out. And the noise is insane
> and totally impossible to transcribe.
>
> Arrrpppp. ED.
>
>
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Dustin Wanna Be |
#1 by Dustin Cogburn at Feb 7, 1970 at 7:41 AM EST |
| Milhouse, this is a Lee Ranaldo song, not Thursotn. | |
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Matt Lead Player |
#2 by Matt Cromwell at Dec 3, 1972 at 3:33 PM EST |
| To me this song seems like he's trying to breake thru a girl's shell that she has put up, but she won't let him thru: "and you feel the spiral turning for you alone and you feel so heavy that you just can't stop it when you see your madness turns you into stone " He's tried for a year hence: "when the seasons circle sideway without a turn" So once he realizes there's no point he burns bridges with her: "you're just in time to watch the fire burn " A truly amazing song, indeed. | |
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floyd Lead Player |
#3 by floyd lloyd at Sep 28, 1975 at 5:09 AM EST |
| P.s. it is "Put me in the equation it's alright", not "could be if you're crazy it's alright". Go to you tube and watch the live videos. | |
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Kyle Rhythm Player |
#4 by Kyle Wait I Aint Telling You at Oct 9, 1976 at 8:40 AM EST |
| my take is that it's about the mote and about all the other things that milhouse counted up and about being horribly stoned all through this. | |
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Vicky Average |
#5 by Vicky Barnard at Dec 21, 1982 at 12:47 AM EST |
| That's what I thought too, poolhall. Maybe I'm not crazy... | |
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Dakota Average |
#6 by Dakota Keyes at Jan 11, 1985 at 10:41 AM EST |
| Directly from the Sonic Youth Song Database, the real lyrics: When you see the spiral turning for you alone And you feel so heavy that you just can't stop it When this sea of madness turns you into stone A picture of your life shoots like a rocket All the time Put "me" in the equation it's alright I've seen you moving in and out of sight My friends tell me it'll all cut through you From nowhere To nowhere Cut together Cuttin' through I'm island-bound, a mote inside my eye And I can't see you breathing as before I am airless, a vacuum child And I can't stand to reason at your door In this time [LP version repeats previous chorus minus final "cuttin thru".. most live versions feature this second chorus:] If broken bottles shine like jewels If this decision points to you If what you say is ever true Then I'll be fine... I'm down in the daytime out of sight Comin' in from dreamland I'm on fire I can see it's all been here before Dream a dream that lies right at your door When the seasons circle sideways out of turn And words don't speak just fall across the carpet You're just in time to watch the fires burn It seems a crime but yr face is bright you love it All the time..... | |
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tim Rhythm Player |
#7 by tim cronin at Oct 28, 1991 at 7:41 PM EST |
| hmmm...i stand corrected. it could very well be about a mote that lee witnessed moving in and out of sight. | |
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Rich Average |
#8 by Rich Frazer at Jun 3, 1992 at 6:16 AM EST |
| This song is pure, awesome punk. | |
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Len Badass |
#9 by Len cullum at Oct 3, 1993 at 4:22 PM EST |
| This song was at least partially written about a Sylvia Plath poem called the eye-mote. It is one of my favorites from Sonic Youth. | |
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kewl Wanna Be |
#10 by kewl dude at Dec 24, 2004 at 5:58 PM EST |
| This song kicks my ass | |
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